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Thick: And Other Essays | Tressie McMillan Cottom

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This wasn‘t an easy book of essays, despite it‘s relatively slim size. Every sentence is crafted to pack a punch. Cottom wastes no words, and crafts each thought with care. I know I‘m not the intended audience here. But I can appreciate and learn from what Cottom writes. And plenty did connect for me, despite how different our lives are.

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2020 #nonfictionchallenge2020 #aboutrace

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Hooked_on_books I thought this was fantastic. I‘m so impressed by her. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hooked_on_books Agreed! 5y

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alisiakae

March: Book One | John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

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The first volume of March goes backs and forth between the day of Barack Obama‘s inauguration in 2009, and John Lewis‘s childhood and early years in the civil rights movement.

It‘s an extraordinary memoir in graphic novel format, and sparked some excellent conversations with Maya this morning. I‘m looking forward to reading the next two.

#motherdaughterbookclub
#nonfiction2020 #aboutrace
#LitsyAtoZ Letter M #graphicnovel
#pop20 #4starrating

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BookishMarginalia

alisiakae Also fits #NewSeries prompt for #mandmchallenge2020. Books 2 and 3 will be slotted for #History and #POCAuthor @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

BookishMarginalia Love the pins! 5y

alisiakae @BookishMarginalia Thank you! I save all my pins from campaigns and events 😄 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Terrific choices for those prompts! 📚♥️👊🏻 5y

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Cinfhen

Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave | Zora Neale Hurston

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Such an important piece of narrative history. The story of Cudjo Lewis one of the last African men who was brought over to America on a slave ship. His story was heartbreaking and his life after being “freed” was still fraught & painful. Despite his hardships Cudjo Lewis displayed such dignity & humanity. I HIGHLY suggest the audio as the narrator really captures the flavor of the dialect.
Challenge Prompts below 👇🏼

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, jenniferw88

Cinfhen #MandMchallenge2020 #POCauthor
#JennyIs30 #Biography
#NonFictionChallenge2020 #AboutRace
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KT1432 I‘m glad I did the audio for this one too! 5y

rockpools I‘m looking forward to getting properly into this - sadly I think it‘ll have to be print though. 5y

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Cinfhen I‘m sure it‘ll still be a very powerful read @RachelO 5y

TrishB I have this on my kindle 👍🏻 but have done two NF in the last week so I‘m definitely on a fiction binge for the rest of the month 😁 5y

Cinfhen Oops, forgot this also works for #OneWordTitle #ReadingWithMrBook @MrBook 5y

Megabooks Thanks for mentioning this one. It has gotten lost in the shuffle of my mind! 5y

Cinfhen It‘s super short @Megabooks but really worth your time!!! Listen to audio 5y

Cinfhen Yes, you‘ve fulfilled your NF quota @TrishB 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This one has been on my to-read list for awhile now... I must push it up again. 5y

Cinfhen It‘s good @Riveted_Reader_Melissa so I was surprised to see a bunch of negative reviews on GoodReads 5y

MrBook Ooh, sounds like a great one!!! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Wait, this is a #memoir? I thought it was a #biography ... but it‘s your call. Or was it a #mystery? I‘m glad the audio was good pick. This could work for #finishinaday also, right? 5y

Cinfhen So technically it‘s a biography @BarbaraTheBibliophage BUT it‘s an actual transcript of Codju Lewis‘s words uninterrupted or edited so I took that to be a memoir , for this challenge at least😜 ZNH does give context to their meetings but she never interjects or steers the conversation. It‘s really fascinating and worth listening too. 5y

Cinfhen And yes, it‘s less than 3 1/2 hours on audio and the last 45 minutes is African fables @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Interesting—it‘s a memoir wrapped in commentary / biography. Good call and glad you liked it! Moving it up my list! 5y

Cinfhen If you can listen to the audio I recommend going that route @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😊 5y

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